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Abishur meaning

Abishur in Biblical Hebrew
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🔼The name Abishur: Summary

Meaning
My Father Will Raise, My Father Is A Wall, My Father Is A Bull
Etymology
From (1) the noun אב ('ab), father, and (2) the verb שור (shur), to be raised up or get excited.
Related names
• Via אב ('ab): Abba, Abi, Abi-albon, Abiasaph, Abiathar, Abida, Abidan, Abiel, Abiezer, Abigail, Abihail, Abihu, Abihud, Abijah, Abijam, Abimael, Abimelech, Abinadab, Abinoam, Abiram, Abishag, Abishai, Abishalom, Abishua, Abital, Abitub, Abiud, Abner, Abram, Absalom, Ahab, Atroth-beth-joab, Barabbas, Bebai, Ben-abinadab, Chileab, Eliab, Huram-abi, Jeshebeab, Joab, Job, Moab, Oholiab
• Via שור (shur): Shur

🔼The name Abishur in the Bible

There's only one Abishur in the Bible, and he's the brother of Nadab and a son of Shammai (1 Chronicles 2:28), who is a son of Onam, who's a son of Jerahmeel and Atarah. Jerahmeel is the firstborn son of Hezron and Abijah, and Hezron is a son of Perez, a son of Judah and Tamar. Abishur's wife is Abihail and their sons are Ahban and Molid.

🔼Etymology of the name Abishur

The name Abishur consists of two elements. The first part comes from the common word אב ('ab), meaning father:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אב

The noun אב ('ab) means father, but describes primarily a social relationship rather than a biological one. That social fatherhood was the defining quality of the community's alpha male, the one around whom all economy revolved and from whom emanated all instructions by which the 'sons' (בן, ben) operated. It's unclear where this word אב ('ab) comes from but the verb abu means to decide.

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The letter yod probably turns the word ab into a possessive form, meaning either my father or father of, depending on the context.

The second part of the name Abishur comes from the interesting root group שור (shur), meaning either to present, to see or to be raised up or get excited:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
שור

The verb שור (shur) means to excite or be raised. Noun שור (shor) means ox or bull. Noun שור (shur) describes a wall and שורר (shorer) a man on it: a watcher. Noun שורה (shura), denotes a row of vines or olives. Noun תשורה (teshura) means gift.

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🔼Abishur meaning

The name Abishur means any combination of the above, from The Father Will Raise to My Father Watches or Father Is A Bull. For some reason, however, scholars seem to prefer to translate the שור part with wall:

For a meaning of the name Abishur NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads The Father Is A Wall. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Father Of A Wall, and BDB Theological Dictionary proposes My Father Is A Wall.